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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARL L. F. ROSE, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

TOBACCO-SOAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,584, dated June 3,1884.

Application filed September 20, 1883. (N0 specimens.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, CARL L. F. RosE, a resident of New York city, in thecounty and State of New York, have invented an Improved Soap, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a new soap which. is to be used for washinganimals afflicted with vermin,and also plants, articles of furniture,and the ]ikein fact, wherever a wash calculated to destroy or excludevermin may be applicable or desired.

The invention consists of a soap containing For ordinary purposes I findthat such a soap should be composed of two-thirds, by weight, of theusual ingredients that enter into the construction of soap proper, andone-third, by weight, of the extract of tobacco. These ingredients aremixed in a liquid or semi-liquid condition, and the soap may then becaused to solidify. Other ingredientssuch as sulphur and the like-rnay,if desired, be added in suitable proportions. It is not essential thatthe proportions above given should be adhered to with any degree ofexactness or care, as they may be varied, first, according to thestrength of the extract of tobacco, and, secondly, according to the useto which the soap is to be put.

WVhat I mean by extract of tobacco in the foregoing specification isthejuice resulting from soaking tobacco in water and then evaporating moreor less of that water. Such extract is now well known in the arts, andused as a species of exterminator; but its characteristics are such asto render it highly disagreeable in the hands of ordinary persons. Itsflavor as an extract is too strong, and when applied the spots which itproduces cannot be erased, while when mixed with the soap its virtuescan be utilized, while its objectionable features are entirelyobliterated.

The soap'can be easily transported by mail or

